The gathering of the data for an Index of the Known Deaths
and Burials in Upper Washington County has been an ongoing project of the
Cambridge Museum for the past decade. Begun under a small grant from the United
States Department of the Interior, it was expanded from a survey of grave stones
in the two old cemeteries in Cambridge to include whatever information could be
found and recorded about other deaths and burials in even the most remote parts
of the area.

Chief sources which support the entries in this Index have
been the stones at the graveyards; sexton records; burial cards, newspapers of
Cambridge, Weiser, and Boise; mortuary records; and the oral tradition of family
and friends. In every case we have tried to document the accuracy of the entry
as much as possible, and have developed a file for each person listed which
includes not only copies of the sources but also a photograph of the stone if
there is one.

In cases where there was obvious discrepancies in the
sources, we have tended to accept as more accurate those records which are
closer to the life of the person, i.e., obituaries rather than tombstones for
dates of death, etc.

Over the years many people have worked on this project.
Special thanks go to the Museum staff, past and present: Helen Anderson, Gary
Franklin, Jeff Hansen, Sandra Hansen, Nina Hawkins, Jan Horn, Sharon Jones, Ruth
Mount, Zola Noah, Thel Pearson, Dick and Mary Ellen Pugh, Lee Schorzman, Jo
Soules, Jessica Taylor, and Bo Thorsen. Several of these names are already
included within this Index. Special thanks also go to the Cambridge sextons,
Harold Soules and Chris Pyle, who have been very generous in searching and
reconstructing records. Finally thanks are due to the people, too numerous to
list, who have supported us with personal records, remembrances, maps,
permission to cross their land, and any other form which they thought might help
us.

We hope it will be of some use some day to one of our
readers!

July 21, 2000

Cambridge Museum staff

KEY AND NOTES

Names: Names have been kept as close as possible
to that which the person actually used, allowing for the usual errors in old
newspapers and on tombstones. In some cases maiden names or names from former
marriages are also included.

Dates: There are many cases in which there are
discrepancies of a few days; the most likely was usually chosen. Major
discrepancies are noted.

Cemeteries: The major cemeteries are indicated by
name:

Salubria: a few miles east of Cambridge, founded
1880 but including burials transferred there from private land.

Cambridge: just on the edge of the town of
Cambridge, founded officially in 1902, but already having some graves.

Cow Creek: A small cemetery of families of the Cow
Creek area from the early 20th century. The cemetery has been plowed over and
there are no markers left. Information was obtained from newspapers.

Zittercobb. A small cemetery still fenced, but it
has been badly vandalized, and the stones broken.

Goodrich: A small cemetery at Goodrich with only
one marker remaining.

Isolated. When there is only a single grave or a
few burials in an area which is no longer a cemetery, we have indicated it as
"Isolated". In most cases we have found the graves and photographed
the site; in a few cases they are lost under the highway or in a plowed field.
Babies were often buried on the homestead and unmarked. Family members have
shown the exact location in some cases.

Stone: ST indicates that there is a stone with
names or other identifying script.

Marker: M K identifies a grave but without names.

Obituary: OB indicates an article with more
information than a notice. Notice- NT indicates only notice of death or burial
information.

Mortuary records: MR indicates records from the
mortuary, or in some cases, permits for transfer of the body to the burial site.